TCNJ Library has now joined Google Scholar’s Library’s Link program. This program connects TCNJLibrary’s holdings to Google Scholar. When searching Google Scholar, users will see additional links in searchresults which direct users to the full-text library subscribed content. This feature is available when you searchGoogle Scholar on campus or from TCNJ Library website remotely. See below for an example of how this ben-efit works:

1) Access Google Scholar directly through TCNJ Library Database.

2) Type the subject in the search box, for example: “family counseling”

Issue 1, Number 2 Newsletter for The College of New Jersey Library Spring 2011

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22 -Did You Know?33 - Libqual FAQ44 -Technology Toolbox

55 - Unlocking TCNJ Archives66 - Professional News77 - Staff News

88 -From China to Washington, DC99 -- Where Are They Now?

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3) On the right of the screen, you will see links to the“Full- Text@TCNJ Library.”

4) Click on the “Full Text@TCNJ Library” link to find outwhere the article is held in the Library.

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Did You Know...April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

The month of April has been desig-nated Sexual Assault Awareness Month(SAAM) in the United States. If you arelooking for an informative film, checkout: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.

Byron Hurt, the film’s writer,producer and director discussed hisfilm with TCNJ community almost twoyears ago on April 6, 2009 when thisfilm was screened in the LibraryAuditorium. This award-winning filmtakes an in-depth look at manhood inrap music and hip-hop culture--wherecreative genius, poetry, beauty, andmad beats collide with misogyny,violence and homophobia. Thisgroundbreaking documentary is a“loving critique” of certain disturbingdevelopments in rap music culturefrom the point of view of a fan whochallenges the art form’s reorienta-tions of masculinity.

Also, check out TCNJ’s Office ofAnti-Violence Initiatives for moreinformation on the Green Dot preven-tion strategy (greendot) and campus-wide events throughout Sexual AssaultAwareness Month, including "Take Backthe Night" on 4/20 and "Denim Day" on4/28. Details on these events will beavailable at TCNJ Office of Anti-Violence Initiatives or visit theirFacebook page by following this link: TCNJ-For-The-Prevention-Of-Domestic-Violence-Stalking-and-Sexual-Assault.

Note: On campus this feature is acces-sible through the Google Website. Offcampus, you must access Google

Scholar first through TCNJ databases tosee this added benefit.

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What is LibQUAL? LibQUAL is a web-based survey designed to mea-sure the quality of library services based on the per-ceptions of students and staff.

Why is TCNJ Library conducting LibQUAL? TCNJ Library is committed to improving yourlibrary services. Better understanding your expecta-tions will help us tailor those services to your needs.

Who will participate?An invitation to take part in the survey will beemailed to all TCNJ students, faculty, and staff.

When is LibQUAL taking place? From March 21, 2011, to April 15, 2011.

How long does it take to complete the LibQUALSurvey? A typical response time for completion of the surveyis less than 10 minutes.

Is the survey anonymous? Yes. There is no way to link your answers to youridentity.

What are the questions about? The main questions are about three aspects of libraryservice: 1. Service attitude of staff(e.g. responsiveness, understanding, courtesy)

2. Access to information(e.g. books, journals, electronic resources)

3. Library as a place(e.g. environment, quiet study space, group study

space).

How does the survey work?For each of the main questions, you are asked torate, on a scale where “1” represents the lowest level

of service and “9” the highest: a. your minimum acceptable level of service;b. the level of service you personally desire;c. the level of service you believe the Library cur-rently provides.

Why do the questions have three parts? By asking about minimum, desired, and perceivedservice levels, LibQUAL lets us see where libraryservices are below the minimum acceptable level;where they are better than the minimum, but lessthan the desired level; and even where they exceedexpectations.

What do “minimum acceptable” and “desired”service levels mean? Doesn’t everyone want thebest possible service?Different services are important to different people. Think of restaurants.

One that serves lousy food, has apathetic waiters,and is dirty would probably offer the lowest level ofservice you could think of, or a “1” on a nine-pointscale.

A “9” on the same scale might represent the kind ofservice offered at a five-star restaurant that servesgourmet cuisine, has a maître d’, attentive waiters,wine stewards, strolling violinists and a sumptuousdécor.

Your minimum acceptable and desired service levelswould probably fall somewhere between theseextremes—it’s for you to say.

In the same way, you can decide for yourself how torate library services based on your own needs, expec-tations, and experiences.

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ollaborative projects have been on the increase for some timein academic communities. Evidence of this fact can be found

by simply looking at the demand for group study rooms at TCNJlibrary. Yet, the benefits of collaborative learning do not need to bediminished by trivial limitations, such as location or time.

Collaborative assignments can be completed in the online environ-ment utilizing free technology tools without any limitations. Beloware some of my favorite collaborative technology tools, which I haveused to collaborate with colleagues. Explore all the tools to find thetool that works best for your collaborative efforts.

Google Apps: Personally, I have not found a better tool than Google Apps for collaboration. I lovethe fact that both my colleague and I can work in the same document at the same time. After I finishwith the document, I can easily convert the file into pdf with just a few clicks. Need a place to storefiles? Sure, you could try dropbox, but why not use your Google Apps account?

Google Moderator: Have a question and need feedback from group members? Want to create amore student-centric lecture? Google Moderator is the tool for you. Google moderator allows you toeasily create a series of a questions that may then be embedded into a website, Facebook or intoSOCS. For more information about Moderator, navigate your browser tohttps://sites.google.com/site/moderatorhelpcenter/home/.

To use Google Moderator, navigate your browser to https://www.google.com/moderator/

Writeboard:With fantastic rollback features and the ability to easily compare changes, Writeboardfar surpasses Microsoft Word’s Track Changes features. Yet, Writeboard has such a simple interfacethat you often forget how powerful this collaboration tool may be.

OpenStudy & Unclasses.org: While these websites have been called the Match.com of education(http://openstudy.com/news.html;jsessionid=47qrmk8eryrd), they are great tools to create an onlinestudy group or expand your study group to include members outside of TCNJ.

Both websites were recently named by Mashable as 100+ technologies that are transforming educa-tion (http://mashable.com/2011/01/07/online-education-websites/).

Webklipper: Annotating websites has never been easier than with webklipper. Simply add the siteyou wish to annotate into the webklipper site. With the AJAX interface, move your comments to anydesired location. After you are finished annotating the website, share it with your colleagues viaemail, Facebook or Twitter. Webklipper will soon be adding the ability to highlight and to export theclipped website.

Other obvious collaboration tools:Web Conferencing tools (Skype, ooVoo, Mikogo, Yugma),Online Whiteboards (Dabbleboard, skrbl, twiddla), Website markup tools (Markup.io, Bounce App,Shared Copy), Twitter tools (GroupTweet, TodaysMeet, Twijector,), Mindmapping Tools (mind-meister, xmap, bubbl.us), Zoho Projects, Facebook Groups.

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Unlocking TCNJ Archives: The Diary of TCNJ Student Mary Jane Sergeant (Class of 1859)

Stashed somewhere deep in TCNJ Library archives is a real win-dow to the past - the original handwritten diary of Mary JaneSergeant. Mary Jane was a member of the first graduating class ofTCNJ (known then as the New Jersey State Normal School) andshe was present on the historic first day of class on October 1st1855.

An original “Jersey Girl,” Miss Sergeant was born on August 24th1837 in Raritan Township, not far from Flemington, NJ. Her diaryentries cover her college activities from 1855-1857 and includelesson discussions, classroom instruction, lectures, educationalmethod, philosophy and other matters pertaining to her education at the Normal School. Miss Sergeanttaught in the public schools of Lambertville. In 1863 she married Cornelius Wilson Larison, a Ringoes, N.J.,physician. Mary Jane died on April 21, 1917, and her diary was presented to TCNJ by her daughter,Mrs. Mary Blackwell, in 1955. Mary Jane’s legacy has been in the good hands of TCNJ Library archives ever since.

If you would like to get a glimpse of what TCNJ campus life was like back in the 1850s even before theCivil War broke out, you can check out the typed transcript copy (taken from the original diary) that iscurrently shelved in the General Collection of TCNJ Library (LD3780.N79.A359).

Know Your Librarians!Librarians are available for research consultation and instruction.

* Please click on aLibrarian’s name to e-mail

them directly *

Claire Clemens - Education, Health and Exercise Science Linda Dempf - Music and Media Terrence Epperson - Social Sciences

Maureen Gorman, Assistant Director for Public Services - Biology & NursingLorraine Heffernan - Business & EconomicsForrest Link - AcquisitionsMarc Meola - Humanities & Modern LanguagesJia Mi - Electronic Resources/Serials

Lisa Roe - Part-time Reference Services/Acting IDS-102Yuji Tosaka - Cataloging/Metadata Valerie Tucci - Physical Sciences/EngineeringYongming Wang - Systems

Sharon Whitfield - Emerging Technologies

Irene Ey - Part-time Cataloging

Kumiko Reichert - Part-time Cataloging

Catherine Weng - Head of Cataloging

Patricia Beaber - Head of Reference - Women’s & Gender Studies

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Professional NewsMMUUSSEE

We are pleased to announce that three TCNJlibrary faculty have been awarded the opportunityto participate in the Mentored UndergraduateSummer Experience or MUSE. MUSE allows“TCNJ undergraduate students to participate inconducting research…in mentored collaborationwith TCNJ faculty.” Participation in MUSE willallow the library to begin exploration of an institu-tional repository. An institutional repository willallow TCNJ library to archive, preserve, and dis-seminate TCNJ’s scholarly assets and promoteopen access across all disciplines.

The MUSE research will be a collaborative effortof two computer science students, Yuji Tosaka(Cataloging/Metadata Librarian), Cathy Weng(Head of Cataloging) and Sharon Whitfield(Emerging Technologies Librarian). In addition toresearching the implementation of an institutionalrepository, the computer science student partici-pants will receive practical experience with librarysystem design and information retrieval.Therefore, the outcome of the library’s MUSEresearch will be mutually beneficial to TCNJCommunity and to the selected computer sciencestudents.

The library is honored to be a participant in theMUSE 2011 summer program.

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The 12th Annual Instructional TechnologyWorkshop will be held on Wednesday,

May 11, 2011 from 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at TCNJLibrary. “ The annual instructional technologyworkshop allows faculty to exhibit how they useemerging technologies to enhance their classroompedagogy and scholarship,” says RyanGladysiewicz, Assistant Director of User SupportServices. This year’s workshop focuses on howWeb 2.0 technologies have been utilized to extendclassroom instruction.

Web 2.0 technologies are changing the landscapeof how we interact with students, peers and othermembers of the academic community. Web 2.0technologies include collaborative tools such aswikis, blogs, video sharing, social networkingsites, etc.

This year’s instructional technology workshop,which is sponsored by Academic Affairs, the AFTCareer Development Committee and InformationTechnology, will run for a half-day (8:30 A.M. to12:00 P.M.) featuring a number of 30-minute pre-sentations by TCNJ faculty and staff.

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Below is a glimpse of two of the many anticipatedpresentations:

·Ceila Liu will discuss how she hasutilized WordPress, a blogging tool, to enhanceher Chinese language instruction with engagingvideos and games, which has resulted in a moreinteractive, engaging learning experience.

·Peter DePasquale, a professor with theComputer Science department, will demonstratethe website Piazzza. DePasquale uses Piazza as areplacement for traditional email, discussionboards, and news groups with his computerscience students.

Check out the ITS Website for additional informa-tion.

In the same way, you can decide for yourself how torate library services based on your own needs,expectations, and experiences.

Besides better service, what’s in it for you? As an incentive to complete the LibQUAL survey,the Library is offering you the chance to win a giftcard. Be sure to include your email address aftercompleting the survey to be entered in a drawing for:

1 $100 Barnes & Noble Gift Card 2 $50 Barnes & Noble Gift Cards 20 $10 TCNJ Get It Cards

Ready to complete the survey?Link to LibQUAL Survey

Questions/Comments? Email: deantp@tcnj.edu

beloved staple of TCNJ community, Beth Lawton, retired from the Library Mediadepartment on January 31st, 2011. Beth joined TCNJ library family in 1989 as a

part-time Acquisitions library assistant. After enjoying her time in Acquisitions for 3 years,Beth was promoted to Senior Library Assistant working with music equipment and scores.In 1996, the library music department expanded into a full-fledged Media Center afterincorporating the college's entire media collection. Beth eventually rose to TechnicalLibrary Assistant as Media Services Supervisor and was fortunate enough to work withMusic Librarians Taras Pavlovsky, Tom Moore, and Linda Dempf. Beth was a legacy atTCNJ library, following in the footsteps of her mother-in-law Peg Lawton, who alsoworked at the library for a number of years.

n March 14th, Katy Ells began her new position as Supervisor of Media Access Services, supersedingrecently retired Beth Lawton. Katy graduated from TCNJ in 2000 with a Communications: TV & Radio

Production degree and worked for 5 years in NYC as an audio and video engineer and editor. In September2005, Katy returned to TCNJ campus as a part-time library assistant in the Circulation department, subsequent-ly working her way to Circulation Senior Library Assistant and then Interlibrary Loan Principal LibraryAssistant. Nearly 6 years since settling back into TCNJ community, she is happily at home as Media TechnicalLibrary Assistant. Ms. Ells is excited to take on the challenge of running the Media department and utilizingthe skills she's developed during her professional career in both media and library services.

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ould you imagine sharingthe same stage with the

following three powerfulwomen: First Lady MichelleObama; Ann Stock, AssistantSecretary of State forEducational and Cultural Affairs;and Chen Naiqing, the wife ofthe People’s Republic of ChinaAmbassador to the UnitedStates?

Valery Lavigne, a TCNJ Seniorand Library Student Worker, haslived that dream at HowardUniversity in Washington, DC onJanuary 19, 2011. She alsoshared a table with three othercollege students, discussing theirexperiences of studying abroadin China to an audience full ofcollege and high school students.This event was part of a seriesorganized by the Obama admin-istration around the state visit ofChinese President, Hu Jintao.

In fact ,Valery has become quiteTCNJ celebrity as her visit toWashington, DC has been high-lighted in several TCNJ Newsarticles (see links: TCNJ News,TCNJ Magazine , ABC NewsBlog.) So rather than rewrite thenews, we asked Valery twoimportant questions:

1) What role did TCNJ play inhelping make your dream toChina possible?

“At first I was concerned thatfinances would be an obstacle forstudying in China,” explainedValery. Yet when another TCNJstudent had spoken to otherTCNJ students about his wonder-ful ventures studying abroad atOxford University, “I knew I hadto go to China. I have alwayswanted to go to China,” saidValery.

“Dr. Jia-Yan Mi helped with theapplication for the Benjamin A.Gilman International scholar-ship,” she added. The Gilmanscholarship is a competitive pro-gram that grants money tostudents studying abroad. Thesefunds helped finance her studiesin Beijing at Peking University’sSchool of Chinese as a SecondLanguage for her spring 2009semester. While staying conserv-ative with her funds, she wasable to extend her stay to thesummer months in China.

According to Valery, “Studyingabroad was such a life-changingexperience. It helped me realizejust how many opportunitiesthere are outside the U.S.A. Italso takes the fear out of theunknown, taking chances andgoing beyond the borders!”

2) What did you take awayfrom your experience inWashington, DC?

“I was honored to have beengiven the opportunity to sharemy experiences with others atHoward University,” Valery said.“Everyone from First LadyMichelle Obama to the membersof the State Department werevery nice. The organizers of theevent were helpful and encourag-ing. They told us to just be our-selves,” she added.

After the panel discussion, theday was not quite over. The fourpanelists split into two pairs.Each pair was given the uniqueopportunity of speaking withmore high students about study-ing in China. In fact, Valeryactually began studying Chinesein High School as a senior, withone-on-one with a teacher whowas located in Beijing. Theprogram was called HelloMandarin. “Giving back what Ireceived from others was mostrewarding,” commented Valery.

From China to Washington, DC

While in China, Valery Lavigne stops tosee a Panda reserve in Chengdu

CFollowing the educational travels of Library media student worker Valery Lavigne.By Paula Rainey

Christy Myhren, Deaf Education MajorLibrary student worker,2006-2010

Christy Myhren ’09 was a DeafEducation major at TCNJ and ahighly esteemed student workerin the campus library from 2006until 2010. She was extensivelycross trained and divided her timebetween many departmentsincluding Acquisitions,Cataloging, Access Services,Media, and Interlibrary Loan.

After graduating from TCNJ shecontinued her education andearned a master’s degree fromTCNJ in 2010. She then landedher dream job at the DelawareSchool for the Deaf teachingyoung students. “Christy,” as herstudents address her (not MissMyhren) has her own classroomof 5-8 year olds plus a cute class-room pet rat namedMarshmallow!

Christy tries to incorporate funinto her lesson plans, like teach-ing students to follow recipes andbake goodies such as pretzels,cookies, and cupcakes.

A native of New Jersey, Christy isadjusting well to life in Delawareand enjoys living in her apart-ment. For leisure, she recentlytook figure skating lessonsbecause as a youngster sheadmired professional ice skaterKristi Yamaguchi.

Christy has recently learned toplay Pit (a fast-paced card game)with her friends and she has beenattending a Young Professionalsbible class at her local church.

She misses TCNJ campus and all her former co-workers here inthe library but has met some niceDelawareans to keep her company.

Contact Us

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Newsletter Staff:

Paula Rainey Katy EllsEditor Layout/Designrainey@tcnj.edu ells@tcnj.edu

TCNJ Library2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628

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